Problem 2.2, Changing the Walking Rate.

A. Use the walking rates given in 2.1 to make a table showing the distance and time for Terry, Jade, and Jerome. How does the walking rate affect the data in the table?

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As the walking rate increases, the farther that person will go in a certain time period.

B. Graph the time and distance data for these three students. How does the walking rate affect the graphs?


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The higher the walking rate, the steeper the slope of their data will be on a graph.

C.

For each student, write an equation that gives the relationship between their time and distance walked. How does the walking rate affect the equation?

Terry: d=1t
Jade d=2t
Jerome: d=2.5t

The higher the walking rate, the higher the distance.

Follow Up:

1. How can you use the information in the table to predict whether or not this data will lie on a straight line when graphed?

Time (Seconds)
Distance (Metres)
0
0
1
2
2
4
3
8
4
13
5
17

The Y-value needs to be constant in order to get a linear relation ship. The Y-value is not constant here so it is not linear and will not lie in a straight line when graphed.

2. Describe the race that might have produced these data.

At the end of the race he/she must have sped up because the y value starts to get bigger but the x value stays the same.